THE ALASKA DRAGGERS ASSOCIATION

Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association was founded nearly 50 years ago in Kodiak, Alaska. Our members have decades of experience fishing in the waters off of Kodiak Island, the Bering Sea and the West Coast. We are primarily small family-owned businesses, with multiple generations working together 11 months a year to land and deliver healthy and sustainable seafood. The vast majority of our catch is certified as a sustainable fishery by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)... Kodiak shore-based processors run on 99% renewable energy generated by the Kodiak Electric Association at the Terror Lake Hydroelectric site and wind turbines on Pillar Mountain. We are proud that our seafood products are sustainably harvested, and sustainably processed!... Our organization was founded in 1974 as The Kodiak Shrimp Trawlers Association, Inc. to represent Kodiak-based trawl harvesters targeting shrimp. Shrimp harvest peaked in 1973 at 122 million pounds, but changing ocean conditions led to..

Also known as: Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association, Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association, Inc., The Alaska Draggers Association, Inc.

Primary location: Kodiak United States